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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lelono A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702165 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lelono Asmoro A Riedstra Bernd B Groothuis Ton T
Scientific reports 20190820 1
Substantial concentrations of testosterone are not only present in a male's circulation, but also in its ejaculate. Surprisingly, the regulation of ejaculate T and its effects on females and their offspring, potentially a cryptic paternal trait, are not known. We found lower circulating and higher ejaculate T concentrations in subordinate red junglefowl (Gallus gallus gallus) males compared to dominant males, suggestive of an adaptive trade-off in T allocation to circulation and their ejaculate. ...[more]